# Scientist to Founder: Physical Innovation Edition

An event about whether a PhD is a good place to start a hardware company. It is for physicists, chemists, engineers, and other scientists interested in turning research into new technologies.

- When: Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · 16:00–18:00 (Europe/Berlin time)
- Where: Berlin, Germany, Berlin, DE
- Format: In person
- Type: Talk
- Topics: Startups & VC
- For: Researchers, Founders
- Price: Free
- Organizer: Conception X
- Register and details: https://luma.com/concep-ngsf

## About

Could your PhD be the best place to start a hardware company?
For physicists, chemists or engineers, access to lab space, scientific instrumentation, grants and years of foundational research can make university labs an unusually good place to develop new technologies. 
Yet scientists can start companies too early, and struggle to launch without strong data and a robust proof of concept. The PhD, as a structure, was designed to train future academics, not necessarily to produce CEOs.
Whether or not a project becomes a company also rarely comes down to the scientist alone. Supervisors are…

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